680 pages 23 cm

A section-by-section guide to the Bible. Includes pictures, articles, maps, charts, and an index of people, places, events, and themes

Includes bibliographical references (page 680) and index

Part I.I. Discovering the Bible. The Bible in its environment -- The world of the Bible -- Main features of the land of Israel -- World civilizations and the Bible -- The origin of religion -- World ideologies -- The Bible is different -- Jesus Christ and the Bible -- Meeting objections -- II. A Bible for today. The Bible and Christian living -- The Bible: a library of books -- Understanding the Bible -- The Bible and society -- The Bible and Christian doctrine -- Texts and versions -- Light for the world -- First English translations of the Bible -- Modern English translations of the Bible -- III. The Bible in its setting. The methods and findings of archaeology -- The development of writing -- Everyday life in Bible times -- Plants of the Bible -- Birds and beasts -- Weights and measures -- Linear measures -- Measurements of capacity -- Money -- Times and seasons -- Different calendars compared -- The calendar in ancient Israel -- Part II. Israel in Old Testament times -- Old Testament history at a glance -- I. The "five books". Genesis -- Other creation accounts -- Flood stories -- Egypt -- Exodus -- The names of God -- The tabernacle -- Leviticus -- The sacrificial system -- Clean and unclean animals -- The meaning of blood sacrifice -- Feasts and festivals -- Criticism and the Old Testament -- Numbers -- The quail -- The large numbers of the Old Testament -- Deuteronomy -- Covenants and Near Eastern treaties

II. The historical books. Introduction -- Joshua -- The cities of the conquest -- Judges -- Ruth -- The Old Testament and the ancient Near East -- 1 and 2 Samuel -- 1 and 2 Kings -- The temples -- Using the Bible: in archaeology -- Unraveling the chronology of the kings -- Kings of Israel and Judah -- 1 and 2 Chronicles -- The four empires -- Ezra -- Nehemiah -- Esther -- III. Poetry and wisdom literature. Job -- Psalms -- Christ in the Psalms -- Self-justification, cursing, and vengeance in the Psalms -- Proverbs -- Ecclesiastes -- The Song of Solomon -- IV. The Prophets. The prophets in their setting -- Isaiah -- The threat of Assyria -- Jeremiah -- Exile to Babylon -- Lamentations -- Ezekiel -- Daniel -- Hosea -- Joel -- Amos -- Obadiah -- Jonah -- Micah -- Nahum -- Habakkuk -- Zephaniah -- Haggai -- Zechariah -- Malachi -- The Apocrypha -- Part III. Israel in New Testament times -- New Testament history at a glance -- I. The gospels and Acts. The gospels of Jesus Christ -- Matthew -- The kingdom of God and the kingdom of heaven -- The Passover and the last supper -- The religious background of the New Testament -- Mark -- Fishing in the Lake of Galilee -- Roman soldiers in the New Testament -- Pilate -- Luke -- The virgin birth -- The New Testament miracles -- The accounts of the resurrection -- The gospels and modern criticism -- John -- The Herod family -- Acts -- Early Christian preaching -- The New Testament and history -- The Holy Spirit in Acts -- The historical and political background of the New Testament -- II. The letters. Introduction -- The letters and the churches -- Romans -- Election -- 1 Corinthians -- 2 Corinthians -- Galatians -- Ephesians -- Philippians -- Colossians -- 1 and 2 Thessalonians -- 1 and 2 Timothy -- Titus -- Philemon -- Hebrews -- New Testament quotations from the Old Testament -- James -- 1 and 2 Peter -- 1, 2 and 3 John -- Jude -- Revelation -- The seven churches of Revelation -- Apocalyptic literature -- Part IV. Key themes of the Bible -- Nations and peoples of Bible lands -- Who's who in the Bible -- Miracles of Jesus -- Parables of Jesus -- Gazetteer of places -- Prayers and the Bible -- Subjects and events -- Acknowledgments -- For quick reference. Israel in Old Testament times map -- Old Testament history chart -- Israel in New Testament times map -- New Testament history chart

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